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حُمْقَ folly in Arabic

حُمْقَ is how you say “folly” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَقَدْ ذَكَرْنَا أَنَّ الحُمْقَ فَسَادٌ فِي الْعَقْلَيْنِ أَوْ فِي الذِّهْنِ،

We have mentioned that folly is a corruption in the two intellects or in the mind,

الحُمْقَ folly

This is the noun that the preceding 'that' particle pulls into the accusative as its subject; the al- on it makes it definite, so the clause reads 'that the folly...'. It is an abstract noun naming a trait, and it waits for the predicate that follows to complete the thought. Its accusative ending is a direct grammatical effect of the particle before it.

From On Foolishness and Wisdom

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